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Raspberry White Chocolate Cream Nests
By Marieke Nijenhuis, SAIT Polytechnic1st Place Winner of the 2007 Barley Baking Contest Pastry Category
Ingredients
For nests: - 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1-1/4 cups barley flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch cardamon
- cup toasted and ground hazelnuts
- cup shredded coconut
- 2 tablespoons powdered malt barley drink, such as Horlick's (optional)
- 2 egg whitescup toasted and ground hazelnuts
- 1 cup shredded coconut
Filling - cup cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- pinch salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 3 tablespoons white chocolate, melted
- cup raspberry jam
Directions
For nests:
- cream together butter and sugar.
- Add egg yolk and vanilla, followed by cardamon, cup toasted ground hazelnuts, cup shredded coconut and malt barley drink powder; combine well.
- Beat egg whites in a small bowl.
- Combine remaining ground hazelnuts and shredded coconut in another small bowl.
- Roll heaping tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and dip in beaten egg whites and then in hazelnut/coconut mixture.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet and using thumb, press small indent in top of each ball.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 20 to 30 minutes.
For filling:
- Cream together cream cheese, sugar and salt.
- Add egg yolk, vanilla and sour cream.
- Once combined, slowly add melted white chocolate.
- Remove nests from fridge.
- Pipe filling into nests.
- Bake at 350 F for 10 to 15 minutes or until filling is set and no longer shiny.
- When cool, top with 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry jam.
Yield: 2 dozen.
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